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Roots : the saga of an American family / Alex Haley with introduction by Michael Eric Dyson and Alex Haley on the writing of Roots.

Haley, Alex, (author.). Dyson, Michael Eric, (author of introduction, etc).

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This poignant and powerful narrative tells the dramatic story of Kunta Kinte, snatched from freedom in Africa and brought by ship to America and slavery, and his descendants. Drawing on the oral traditions handed down in his family for generations, the author traces his origins back to the seventeen-year-old Kunta Kinte, who was abducted from his home in Gambia and transported as a slave to colonial America. In this account Haley provides an imaginative rendering of the lives of seven generations of black men and women.

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  • ISBN: 9780306824852
  • ISBN: 030682485X
  • Physical Description: xi, 899 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: 1st Da Capo Press edition
  • Publisher: Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, 2014.

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General Note:
First published by Doubleday in 1976; copyright on verso: 1974.
Target Audience Note:
1330L Lexile

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Haley, Alex.
Haley family.
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African American families.
African Americans > Biography.
Slavery > United States > History.
African Americans > History.
Genre:
Biographies.

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